The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-13
FLORIDA.


Strawberries are ripe at Green Cove
Spring
About 5000 boxes of oranges were shipped
from Tampa last week
The burned district of Tampa is being
cleared of rubbish, and contracts have been
let for three brick buildings
The steamer George NJ Bird, of the De-
Barry line, has been charted to r. Bennett,
of Crescent City, for twelve months.
The lots of sponge sold on the wharf at
Key West TuesdaY amounted to 1924 As
The sale Wednesday amounted to S6,71 20
and those sold Thursday reached $4,000.
The tobacco syndicate has purchased
large tracts of land near Concord, and is
having large tracts of hummock land
cleared up for next years tobacco planting.
Wash Hull, at Green Cove Spring, has a
turnip that bears very close resemblance
to a human hand, somewhat swollen. The
thumb and four fingers are readily recog-
nized.
The English mill men at st. Augustine
have organized a fire brigade. They had
their first drill Tuesday, and will hereafter
drill every Tuesday and put their corps in
an efficient condition.
A. w. Bars, real estate dealer of Jack
sonville, perfected the sale of lot of sub
urban property Saturday which realized
over 81, 900 increase OF what the same tract
sold for about eight months ago
The election for bonding Fernandina
passed off quietly, non-taxpayers taking but
little interest in the matter, rs they did not
think their pockets would be affected by it.
Owing to this fact the vote was light, being
For bonds, )" 297; Against bonds" II.
Rev. Charles Fulwood, of Key West, was
made happy Thursday by the presentation
l. .x.f L. q a1zAl. -
could be purchased in Key West; also sew
eral other useful articles Of clothing, in
Guiding hat, by several ladies of his
church, who made up collection for the
purpose.
There is likely to be some trouble among
the heirs of the late John Reagan, of Con-
cord in regard to his will. He left all his
property to a grandson and to one daugh-
ter, leaving the rest of the children out
The grandson, Philip McRae, refuses to ac-
cept any part of the property and will ask
to have the will set aside.
Marcus j. de Medicis and Ford S. Per-
kins, the two young men arrested in Atlanta
few days ago, charged with selling stolen
tickets belonging to the Jacksonville, Tam
pa and Key West Railroad, arrived in
Jacksonville Saturday morning, in charge
of Sheriff Black, of Clay county. They
were taken to Green Cove Spring, where
they will be tried.
Perkins was arrested in Jacksonville
about two years ago for breaking into Mic
oils a. Rcckwells hardware store, at
which time large number of revolvers and
quantity of cutlery was stolen. He was
tried and acquitted. De Medicis recent
trial in Jacksonville on the charge of hav-
ing criminally assaulted young white girl,
is still fresh in the minds Of the public.
During the months of October and No
vember lSS vessels entered and cleared from
the port of Fernandina, carrying cargoes of
lumber amounting to %, 723 6S5 feet, besides
large quantities of fruit, cotton, naval
stores, cross ties, red cedar, etc The value
of the exports during these two months is
not less than 100000 OF the lumber
shipped, nearly 10000 600 feet was for foreign
ports.
Orange City Times: A. S. Maynard, of
this place, has growing on pine land 1000
heads of cabbage, as fine as ever grew upon
the hummc X lands of Florida, and within
a few weeks he will have fine lot to send
TO market Money has been made in grow
ing cabbage in this State, but usually from
hummock lands, bat Mr.. Maynard proposes
to show that our pine lands are equally as
good for this purpose
The schooner Emma L. Lowe arrived at
Key West Thursday from Tortugas with
Capt Jensen and the crew of the Norwe-
gian bark Siblulon, from Manitlan, Mexico
The bark ran ashore on Southwest reef on
Nov 30 and became a total wreck. Her
cargo consisted Of mahogany and cedar.